Entry of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa into Arras.

The Entry of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa into Arras 1667.

The chariot of the French Queen Maria Theresia (1638-83). The King Louis XIV (1638-1715) and the officers in the livree of the royal house.

The costumes shown here are borrowed from a picture of Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690) that represents the entry of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa in Arras after the beginning of the campaign of 1667. Maria Theresa, surrounded by her maids of honor, sits in a gilded, pulled by six horses state coach. Louis XIV follows on horseback in uniform: Rock of gold brocade; Vest and shirt red; long muslin tie, Bandelier (bandoulière), Furthermore a sash; feathered hat; Jackboots. The whole train is surrounded by the pages and servants of the royal house. Two of them keep to the side of the carriage of the queen, while the others join the right and left. Two from the pages of the king, go as soon as he is on horseback, in addition to the stirrup, and follow the Gardes du Corps. The Marshal of the Queen was subject to a first stable master, the king`s, the Grand Master of the Horse. A distinction was the large and the small Marshal; the staff of the former had on the sleeves galons en bracelet, ie transverse, the latter galons en quille, ie going from top to bottom strips. The Marshal of the Queen contained eight carriages, one of which was reserved for their person.

The carriage of the king was drawn by eight horses. The carriages of the courtiers was drawn by six horses and the carriages of the rich burgers where drawn by four horses. The Marshal François de Bassompierre brought the first glass coach in 1599 from Italy to France.

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